Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
NORTH CAROLINA.
GOVERNOR SCALES AND PARTY LEAVE
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
A Desperate Brought to the Ponitsn-
tiary-A Fortunate capturo-fho
colorsd State Pair.
lsrccIsl ,clerr.m o tho pi.nn,ch.l

save lHht Noipuci IhOlnaS -. tcnan,
clerk of tho Supreme Court, will 20 in
place Of ex-ConRreSsman Cox. Cover
nor Scales expects 70 return here next
Monday.
The sheriff of Allegheny county to-
day brought TO the penitentiary Grant
PriVcit, a notorious desperate. who was
recently captured at PoclhOnt ~, Va,
and brought to $ aria for trial. He
was given twelve years for felonious
assault
The programme for the Colored State
Fair wos announced to-day. The dates
are October 25th to Doth. Governor
Scales will open the fair. S. S. Sewer,
oi Liberia, speaks Tuesday, Senators
Sherman and Malone Wednesday. and
Senator Vance Thursday. A. w.
Pcqucs coloredD, Of Richmond, will
deliver the annual address Monday.
1t is now definitely settled that the
Durham and Northern railway will run
to Henderson and not to Franklinton.
a special dispatch this afternoon
from Morchcad City says signals of
wreck are flying there, and that planks,
latclcs md other wfeckage are float
ing g..
Ills reported that many negro farm
laboroIs IN Wayne acd Wilson counties
are refusing To- pick cotton, saying that
tbCy are knights of Labor and have re-
ccived instructions not 20 pick for less
than certain price, several points
above the regular figures. II Is further
said that some of them say they are
willing 10 pick st the usual prices, hut
fear 10 disoh,y their Instructions. The
matter ought % bc investigated, and no
doubt the knights will take action TO
see whether the negroes are not trying
10 shield Themselves behind that order.
Yesterday you were advised of the com
plai1ts about labor which come from
over half the counties in the State. The
matter needs looking into, for it is Of
vital importance. No such degree of
complaint about labor has ever before
been known in this State.
1t is now claimed that tho plan Of
building the railway from Southport
formerly Smithyille) to Bristol, Tenn,
is not a failure, as il certainly appeared
70 be some months ago. The rumOr
has gained currency IN the Southport
section that capitalists connected with
the project will soon be there to put
things in motion. How much truth
there Is in these statements cannot now
be said Last winter when the corps of
surveyors began to run the line from
Southport through Brunswick county
great things were expected of the
South Atlantic and Northwestern. as
the road was known. These great cX-
pcciations fell dismally flat when in n
few weeks the surveyors returned
minus pay or food. Their camp equi-
page. &c. had been seized by the
sheriff for debts For months not a
word was heard of tho road
The man named Farmer who some
weeks aco horsewhipped a preacher
named York, IN public road in Hen
dcrson county, has been sentenced to Il
fine OF 500 and Imprisonment for three
months in Jail. He has appealed. York
and Farmer married sisters, ald Farm
Crs wife told him that York had acted
improperly towards her The case IS
an unfortunate one. which of course
attracts good dea. %. attention.
Over cuty-iiyt negroes have been
arrested in this State, Virginia, and
South Carolina on suspicion of being
Caesar Wooten, the Wilson county muir
dCrcr The right man is not yet taken.
4 man who turns out 10 be Crumel
Atkinson was taken for WOOten IN
Pamlico county. 1t was a lucky cap
ture. after all. Atkin.on confesses
that hc is nn escaped convict and de-
srs 90 be taken back to the penitcn
tmIy. lie has also been identified rs
the man who recently broke into. and
robbed the pos, Office at Tuscarora, on
The Atlantic aud North Carolina rail
road.
The Executive Committee OF the
State Fair held an important meeting
la.t evening They decided to ask for
rate Of a cent a mile 10 the fair-the
same as the Atlanta rate. This the
general passenger agents of the various
lines win recommend. Attractions are
90 be arranged for each of the five DAYS
of the exhibition. One OF the special
features will be a State farmers insti-
tutc, over which Dr. Reid Parker, of
Trinity College, VIII preside. lie is a
noted manager of such affairs The
plan is to get several thousand farmers
here ana then provide much to anuSe
and instruct them.
All the talk is OF railways Raleigh
enjoys tie distinction, If such il be, of
doing less than any place of import
ancc in the State 10 secure new lines.
Not one step has been taken nor are
there signs of any efforts in that direc-
ton. II is said that work will certainly
begin within fortnight on the road
from Durham To either Fanklinton or
Henderson. and that by the beginning
Of next May it viii be completed.
The colored State normal schools are
opening. They are located ut Colds
loro', Salisbury, Plymouth, Franklin
ton, ard Fayetteville. The four first
named receive each 81, 500 annually,
The latter receiving $1,000. They are
TO be long-term schools and receive
larger appropriations underan act Of the
last legislature, the plan being to sup
Tly the need for colored teachers by
providing normal schools Of higher
class. These schools are expected to
he of special benefit in this respect
The shipments OF cattle from the
western counties this season are. I'M
usually large, and it is said that thou
sands will Ice shipped. Large numbers
so to Virginia.
General Robert Ransom, once colonel
Of the famous First North Carolina
cavalry, publishes the official call for a
reunion Of that regiment during the
state Fair at Raleigh You were in
formed some day IS ago that this reunion
would probably be held here at that
time. The day chosen is Thursday OF
fair week.
The election of Rev. c. Durham, Of
Durham, to The position of correspond
ing secretary Of the Baptist State Con-
vention gives special pleasure TO mem
bers of that denomination. He viii
come 10 Raleigh in about two months,
until that time remaining in charge oil
the church ~ Durham.
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